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Review of Before the Rain (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 01 May 2018

Brilliantly filmed by writer-director Milcho Manchevski in the rugged hills of Macedonia and the gray streets of London, this three-part tale…

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Review of Mother Night (1996)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Frankie Faison comes the closest to Vonnegut's spirit in his bold caricature of the Black Fuehrer of Harlem…

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Review of Mac (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Mac is admirable, but too rarely inspiring or entertaining…

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Review of Striking Distance (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Herringston's return to his hometown is no triumph, striking out at every turn, and failing to go the distance…

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Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Mostly though, Beautiful Thing works both as a gallery of life in the faceless but commodious blocks thrown up to house the working (and non-working)…

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Review of Zebrahead (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

It is a remarkable first film, not only for what it says about friendship, love and antagonisms between young urban blacks and whites, but…

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Review of Falling from Grace (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

As a director, Mellencamp produces some of the local color of his hometown, but never really establishes a thoroughgoing sense of place...as…

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Review of Disclosure (1994)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Though directed with machine-like precision by Barry Levinson, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio unfortunately eliminates too many key elements…

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Review of My Life (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Despite all Rubin's efforts to bring life and energy to My Life, this is no roller-coaster ride…

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Review of Dangerous Beauty (1998)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

Only McCormack manages to breathe any urgency into a tale that takes far too long to escape the fate of too many films set in Venice, in which…

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Review of The Relic (1997)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 24 Apr 2018

In the end, The Relic erupts into a monster mash. Hyams has filmed it excitingly, and Stan Winston delivers a blazing special effect…

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Review of Mediterraneo (1991)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

Salvatores has fashioned a likable, crowd-pleasing story, complete with a touching aftermath…

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Review of American Me (1992)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

Throughout, Olmos dominates the film with an impassive, yet inwardly tormented performance as he wears the implacable mask of power…

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Review of Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

This clumsy bomb is unlikely to launch these new friends on a series of further comic misadventures…

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Review of Poetic Justice (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

Nno single performance can hold together this scattered, rambling, pseudo-poetic excursion up the California coastline…

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Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

The miracle of Nicholas Hytner's rigorous, taut film arises from its ability to capture the high theatricality of its life in the theater…

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Review of The Celluloid Closet (1996)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

Opening the door of the celluloid closet reveals a shifting kaleidoscope that underlines just how influential, for good or bad, the movies can be…

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Review of Rising Sun (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 23 Apr 2018

There are moments when Rising Sun touches a raw nerve...Too often though, this film conveys what might be called the unbearable lightness of Crichton…

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Review of Malice (1993)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 16 Apr 2018

Malice belongs to its trio of leads -- all giving terrific performances, with Kidman's transitions creating an especially memorable screen…

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Review of Firelight (1998)

By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 16 Apr 2018

Though sometimes predictable, Nicholson's film is sustained by the quality of his writing, especially the musings about the magical powers…

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